Next in the line up of our breakdown of the guys get a look at the forces joining the Menoth crusade, and from the look of things they’re getting a few cool new bits to add to the righteous wave cleansing the unbelievers of the Iron Kingdoms.

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so thats a few menoth jacks with bubble abilities, Indictor with consecration, Sanctifier with cenotaph and blood of martyrs with hand of vengence. as for the flamebringers im looking forward to using them with psevvy, defenders ward and eye of menoth on them will be tasty

Nice video on Menoth.Rezniek is a bit of a combat monster. Although I think his biggest problem will be getting to the target he wants to. Having a huge base will mean that the opponent will easily block off his lanes. Still looks like a lot of fun though. Just to note, I don’t think “The flesh is weak” will work on jacks though. It targets living and undead models. But good against hoards though.

Overall I can’t help but feel that Menoth has the weakest new recruits in Vengeance. Tristan is pretty cool and I can see a few places where he’ll work really well (such as guaranteed focus for the hungry Redeemer in my Harbinger list where Martyrdom should keep him safe). Reznik2 is really exciting, if not mostly for the suspense in waiting to see what the model will look like. I think he’ll be a blast in casual play but I just can’t see ways to protect all of his huge base from charges while ensuring he can contribute to his full potential the next turn, especially for tournament play. The Bastion’s big brother is cool but not sure if he’s enough for the points. I imagine he will be awesome if you run 2 units of Bastions though (High Reclaimer resurgence anyone?). The Indictor is the biggest let down. That artwork looks amazing but his bubble effect isn’t anywhere near enough to justify spending the 8 points when I could have a Reckoner or a Templar instead, especially as he doesn’t have reach. As for the Flame Bringers, lots of people are giving them a go and I’d love for them to work as I think the concept of Daughters on horseback is ace and the models are really cool. Sadly, I don’t think they compete with some of the other new light cavalry such as the Tempest Blazers. I guess I just feel there’s nothing that stands out as epic like Butcher3, the Earthbreaker, Gastone or the Imperatus.